Brett Laursen
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Honorary Doctorate (2008) Örebro University, Sweden Methods and Measures Editor International
Journal of Behavioral Development
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Research Interests
Brett Laursen's research concerns parent-child and peer relationships during childhood and adolescence. A related focus is on quantitative developmental methodology.
Professor Laursen is currently involved in several longitudinal projects. The first study concerns a large group of Finnish students who have been followed across the transition from middle school to vocational school or gymnasium (high school). This inquiry focuses on the role parent-child and friend relationships play in shaping adjustment and developmental outcomes. Professor Katariina Salmela-Aro of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies directs this project. The second study concerns a diverse sample of South Florida youth, their parents, and their friends. This inquiry focuses on normative changes in family and friend relationships across the adolescent years, and will help us to better understand how relationships shape adolescent social and academic competence. A third study involves the nature and course of romantic relationships across adolescence and early adulthood in a sample of Colorado youth. Professor Wyndol Furman of the University of Denver directs this project. A fourth study involves peer influence processes and problem behaviors in a large community sample of Swedish youth. Professor Margaret Kerr and Håkan Stattin direct this project. A fifth study involves a California program designed to foster the acquisition of computer literacy skills among middle school students. Students who receive solo instruction will be contrasted with those who learn programming skills with a peer. Dr. Jill Denner and Professor Linda Werner direct this project.
Professor Laursen is Docent Professor of Social Developmental Psychology at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and is a member of the Finnish Center of Excellence in Learning and Motivation Research, where he collaborates on several longitudinal studies on peer relations and academic achievement under the direction of Professor Jari-Erik Nurmi.
Brett Laursen has received research support from the US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the US National Institute of Mental Health, the US National Science Foundation, and the Jacobs Foundation. Professor Laursen is a Fellow in the American Psychological Association (Division 7, Developmental), and a Fellow and Charter Member of the Association for Psychological Science.
Teaching and research assistant positions are available for new graduate students for the next academic year. Interested students should contact Professor Laursen for details. Current and former graduate students are available to answer questions about the program.
A complete list of Brett Laursen’s publications and citation indices can be found here: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=yVoiZ1kAAAAJ&hl=en
Select Recent Empirical
Publications
Kiuru, N. Burk,
W. J., Laursen, B., Nurmi, J.-E.,
& Salmala-Aro, K. (2012). Is depression contagious? A test of alternative peer socialization mechanisms of depressive
symptoms in adolescent peer networks. Journal
of Adolescent Health, 50, 250-255. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.06.013
Laursen, B., Hafen, C. A., Kerr, M., & Stattin,
H. (2012). Friend influence over adolescent
problem behaviors as a function of relative peer acceptance: To be liked is to be emulated. Journal
of Abnormal Psychology, 121,
88-94. doi:10.1037/a0024707
Hafen, C., A., Laursen, B., Burk, W. J., Kerr, M., & Stattin, H. (2011). Homophily in stable and unstable adolescent
friendships: Similarity breeds
constancy. Personality and Individual Differences, 51, 607-612. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2011.05.027
Bukowski, W.M., Laursen, B., & Hoza, B. (2010). The snowball effect: Friendship moderates escalations in depressed affect among avoidant and excluded children. Development and Psychopathology, 22, 749-757. doi:10.1017/S095457941000043X
Burk, W. J., & Laursen, B. (2010). Mother and adolescent reports of associations between child behavior problems and mother-child relationship qualities: Separating shared variance from individual variance. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38, 657-667. doi:10.1007/s10802-010-9396-z
Kiuru, N., Burk, W.J., Laursen, B., Salmela-Aro, K., & Nurmi, J.-E. (2010). Pressure to drink but not to smoke: Disentangling selection and socialization in adolescent peer networks and peer groups. Journal of Adolescence, 33, 801-812. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.07.006
Laursen, B., Bukowski, W.M., Nurmi, J.-E., Marion, D., Kiuru, N., & Salmela-Aro, K. (2010). Opposites detract: Middle school peer group antipathies. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 106, 240-256. doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2010.03.001
Laursen, B., DeLay, D., & Adams, R.E. (2010). Trajectories of perceived support in mother-adolescent relationships: The poor (quality) keep getting poorer. Developmental Psychology, 46,1792-1798. doi:10.1037/a0020679
Laursen, B., & Hafen, C. A. (2010). Future directions in the study of close relationships: Conflict is bad (except when it’s not). Social Development, 19, 858-872. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9507.2009.00546.x
Laursen, B., Hafen, C. A., Rubin, K. H., Booth-LaForce, C., & Rose-Krasnor, L. (2010). The distinctive difficulties of disagreeable youth. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 56, 80-103. doi:10.1353/mpq.0.0040
Hafen, C. A., & Laursen, B. (2009). More problems and less support: Early adolescent adjustment forecasts changes in perceived support from parents. Journal of Family Psychology, 23, 193-202. doi:10.1037/a0015077
Laursen, B., & Mooney, K. (2008). Relationship network quality: Adolescent adjustment and perceptions of relationships with parents and friends. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 78, 47-53. doi:10.1037/0002-9432.78.1.47
Popp, D., Laursen, B., Burk, W. J., Kerr, M., & Stattin, M. (2008). Modeling homophily over time with an actor-partner interdependence model. Developmental Psychology, 44, 1028-1039. doi:10.1037/0012-1649.44.4.1028
Pursell, G. R., Laursen, B., Rubin, K. H., Booth-LaForce, C., & Rose-Krasnor, L. (2008). Gender differences in patterns of association between prosocial behavior, personality, and externalizing problems. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 472-481. doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2007.06.003
Adams, R.E., & Laursen, B. (2007). The correlates of conflict: Disagreement is not always detrimental. Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 445-458. doi:10.1037/0893-3200.21.3.445
Laursen, B., Bukowski, W.M., Aunola, K., & Nurmi, J.-E. (2007). Friendship moderates prospective associations between social isolation and adjustment problems in young children. Child Development, 78, 1395-1404. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01072.x
Popular Citations
Laursen, B., & Collins, W. A. (2009). Parent-child relationships during adolescence. In R. M. Lerner & L. Steinberg (Eds.), Handbook of adolescent psychology (3rd ed.). Vol. 2: Contextual influences on adolescent development (pp. 3-42). New York: Wiley.
Laursen, B.,
& Pursell, G. R. (2009). Conflict in peer
relationships. In K. H.
Rubin, W. M. Bukowski, & B. Laursen
(Eds.), Handbook of peer interactions, relationships, and groups (pp. 267-286). New York: Guilford.
Laursen, B., Furman, W., & Mooney, K.S. (2006). Predicting interpersonal competence and self-worth from adolescent relationships and relationship networks: Person-centered and variable-centered perspectives. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 52, 572-600. doi:10.1353/mpq.2006.0030
Laursen, B., & Hoff, E. (2006). Person-centered and variable-centered approaches to longitudinal data. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 52, 377-389. doi:10.1353/mpq.2006.0029
Burk, W. J., & Laursen, B. (2005). Adolescent perceptions of friendship and their associations with individual adjustment. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 29, 156-164. doi:10.1080/01650250444000342
Collins, W.A., & Laursen, B. (2004). Changing relationships, changing youth: Interpersonal contexts of adolescent development. Journal of Early Adolescence, 24, 55-62. doi:10.1177/0272431603260882
Hoff, E, Laursen, B., & Tardif, T. (2002). Socioeconomic status and parenting. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of parenting (2nd ed.): Vol. 2. Biology and ecology of parenting (pp. 231-252). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Laursen, B., Pulkkinen, L., & Adams, R. (2002). The antecedents and correlates of agreeableness in adulthood. Developmental Psychology, 38, 591-603. doi:10.1037//0012-1649.38.4.591
Adams, R., & Laursen, B. (2001). The organization and dynamics of adolescent conflict with parents and friends. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 63, 97-110. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.00097.x
Laursen, B., Finkelstein, B. D., Betts, N. T. (2001). A developmental meta-analysis of peer conflict resolution. Developmental Review, 21, 423-449. doi:10.1006/drev.2000.0531
Collins, W. A., & Laursen, B. (2000). Adolescent relationships: The art of fugue. In C. Hendrick & S. S. Hendrick (Eds.), Close relationships: A sourcebook (pp. 58-69). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Hartup, W.W., & Laursen, B. (1999). Relationships as developmental contexts. Retrospective themes and contemporary issues. In W.A. Collins & B. Laursen (Eds.), The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology: Vol 29, Relationships as developmental contexts (pp. 13-35). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Laursen, B., & Jensen-Campbell, L. A. (1999). The nature and functions of social exchange in adolescent romantic relationships. In W. Furman, B. B. Brown, & C. Feiring (Eds.) The development of romantic relationships in adolescence (pp. 50-74). New York: Cambridge University Press.
L Laursen, B., Coy, K., & Collins, W. A. (1998). Reconsidering changes in parent-child conflict across adolescence: A meta-analysis. Child Development, 69, 817-832. doi:10.2307/1132206
Collins, W.A., Laursen, B., Mortensen, N., Luebekker, C., & Ferreira, M. (1997). Conflict processes and transitions in parent and peer relationships: Implications for autonomy and regulation. Journal of Adolescent Research, 12, 178-198. doi:10.1177/0743554897122003
Laursen, B., & Bukowski, W. M. (1997). A developmental guide to the organisation of close relationships. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 21, 747-770. doi:10.1080/016502597384659
Laursen, B., & Williams, V. (1997). Perceptions of interdependence and closeness in family and peer relationships among adolescents with and without romantic partners. In S. Shulman & W. A. Collins (Eds.), Romantic relationships in adolescence. New Directions for Child Development (No. 78, pp. 3-20). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. doi:10.1002/cd.23219977803
Shulman, S., Laursen, B., Kalman, Z., & Karpovsky, S. (1997). Adolescent intimacy revisited. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 26, 597-607. doi:10.1023/A:1024586006966
Laursen, B. (1996). Closeness and conflict in adolescent peer relationships: Interdependence with friends and romantic partners. In W. M. Bukowski, A. F. Newcomb, & W. W. Hartup (Eds.), The company they keep: Friendships in childhood and adolescence (pp. 186-210). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Laursen, B., Hartup, W. W., & Koplas, A. L. (1996). Towards understanding peer conflict. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 42, 76-102.
Laursen, B. (1995). Conflict and social interaction in adolescent relationships. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 5, 55-70. doi:10.1207/s15327795jra0501_3
Laursen, B., & Collins, W. A. (1994). Interpersonal conflict during adolescence. Psychological Bulletin, 115, 197-209. doi:10.1037//0033-2909.115.2.197
Laursen, B. (1993). Conflict management in close relationships. In B Laursen (Ed.), Close friendships in adolescence. New Directions for Child Development (No. 60, pp. 39-54). San Francisco. Jossey-Bass.
Laursen, B. (1993).
The perceived impact of conflict on adolescent
relationships. Merrill-Palmer
Quarterly, 39, 535-550.
Collins, W.A., & Laursen, B. (1992). Conflict and the transition to adolescence. In C.U. Shantz & W.W. Hartup (Eds.), Conflict in child and adolescent development (pp. 216-241). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Laursen, B., & Hartup, W. W. (1989). The dynamics of preschool children's conflict. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 35, 281-297.
Hartup, W. W., Laursen, B., Stewart, M. I., & Eastenson, A. (1988). Conflict and the friendship relations of young children. Child Development, 59, 1590-1600. doi:10.2307/1130673
Books and Monographs
Laursen, B., & Collins, W.A. (Eds.)(2012). Relationship pathways: From adolescence to young adulthood. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Laursen, B., Little, T. D., & Card, N. A. (Eds.) (2012). Handbook of developmental research methods. New York: Guilford.
Rubin, K. H., Bukowski, W. M., & Laursen, B. (Eds.) (2009). Handbook of peer interactions, relationships, and groups. New York: Guilford.
Bukowski, W. M., Laursen, B., & Rubin, K. H. (Series Eds.) (2009). Social and emotional development: Critical concepts of developmental psychology. New York: Psychology Press.
Laursen, B., & Žukauskienė, R. (Eds.) (2007). Interpersonal development. Hampshire, UK: Ashgate. New York: Psychology Press.
Laursen, B., & Graziano, W. G. (Eds.) (2002). Social exchange in development. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development (No. 95). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Collins, W. A., & Laursen, B. (Eds.) (1999). The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology: Vol. 30. Relationships as developmental contexts. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Laursen, B. (Ed.) (1993). Close friendships in adolescence. New Directions for Child Development (No. 60). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.